A groundbreaking cattle genome has given researchers their clearest look yet at what makes Wagyu beef so special. By ...

Long after his death, Hans Jonathan is something of a celebrity in Iceland, where he is thought to have been the first black person. But in Denmark, his extraordinary story is widely ignored. By ...

Amgen, the world's largest biotech company by revenue, and deCODE, based in Reykjavik, Iceland, announced the all-cash deal Monday. DeCODE, founded in 1996, has discovered genetic risk factors for ...

A multi-omics study identifies causal genes and biological subtypes of long COVID, revealing new therapeutic targets for ...

Two men will lead deCODE genetics ehf -- Earl "Duke" Collier, past executive vice president at Genzyme and former deCODE board member, will serve as CEO, and deCODE's founder, Karl Stefansson, shifts ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during reproduction. The map marks a major step in the understanding of genetic ...

Archaeologists in Norway have confirmed that an ancient set of human remains known as the Well Man were intended to make the locals unwell. By Franz Lidz Long after his death, Hans Jonathan is ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Biotech pioneer Amgen Inc., in a bid for a big edge in using people’s genetic information to find better ways to attack diseases, is buying human genetics research and analytics ...